- cross-posted to:
- electricvehicles@gearhead.town
- cross-posted to:
- electricvehicles@gearhead.town
After the Renault 5 and 4, the french carmaker adds another affordable retrochic car 30 years after the original. It‘ll be available for under 20.000€ or less than 100€ per month. Adding an ultra efficient 10kWh/100km consumption would be a really interesting affordable offer for the european market. It‘s main competitors will be the Citroen C3, Fiat Panda, W ID2 and potentially a Tesla Model 2.
I don’t think you’ve quite realized just how small the Twingo is — it’s a city car, the smallest class of car even available. It’s two segments down from the Civic or Corolla, it doesn’t even remotely compare to those nameplates.
The only remaining same-class car at all in North America is the Mitsubishi Mirage, a vehicle which starts at $17k CAD, or thirteen thousand dollars cheaper. Yes, the Mirage is a shitty car, but I really want to illustrate how far away from reality you are here.
I was just trying to compare the Twingo to some of the least expensive cars still on sale in North America. I actually forgot they still sold the Mirage here. My friend bought a 2017 model used back in 2019 for damn well near nothing, so you think this car would be on my radar, but it ain’t. And apparently a facelifted version exists, but so far I haven’t seen it in the wild. You are right, and I stand corrected! The cheap electric Twingo can’t beat the Mitsubishi Mirage for pure low cost transport even over a 15 or 20 year time horizon. The Mirage is just too good at being cheap.
But I really don’t know how long it is for this world. People seem to hate it, and honestly I don’t understand the hate. My friend’s 2017 Mirage is good, honest transport, it’s reliable, sips gas, and is easy to park. It’s like a dollar store Mini Cooper.
Sure, I rented a little Citroen C1 in Europe a few weeks ago and it was a blast! Cheap little thing perfect for bombing down narrow back roads.
Honestly, they’re just a mismatch for North American roads though. With our wide highways and boulevards… it is what it is. 🤷♂️
I dont think the new twingo will be A segment like the original one.
The A segment has kind of died down with the years. The need of security features that bulked up the chassis and dimensions of cars meant that A segmentcars were becoming undistinguishable from B segment ones.
Case in point: This new one will be 5 door only. There was no way you could fit 5 doors on the original design considering its dimensions.
To me it looks like a B segment EV car, which is totally fine, you just cant make as roomy A segment cars as the OG twingo because of all the security features that new cars require.